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the new york city police department is being sued by civil rights lawyers over the practice of widespread and intense surveillance of muslims. the demographics unit infiltrated muslim groups in the area including organized outdoor trips and student events. they claim in the practice of infiltration violates the rules they agreed to in a settlement that grew out of antiwar activists. you should know the so-called guidelines prohibit organizations unless there's specific information connecting them to a past or present crime. in spite of the violation, the program will continue. want to find out what my guests think we should know for the week coming up. heather? >> the president's state of the union obviously the austerity lobby to make sure he continues on the path to national decline. as fix the debt, which is one of the corporate front groups for austerity does a big press conference, you should know that 22 of the companies spent more on lobbying than in paying taxes. >> it's a good thing to know. there's interesting reporting of how they have played this key role in moving the convers
the new york city police department is being sued by civil rights lawyers over the practice of widespread and intense surveillance of muslims. the demographics unit infiltrated muslim groups in the area including organized outdoor trips and student events. they claim in the practice of infiltration violates the rules they agreed to in a settlement that grew out of antiwar activists. you should know the so-called guidelines prohibit organizations unless there's specific information connecting...
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because these coal fired power plants many of them in the cities, like the once shut down in chicago are killing kids every day and we just need to be w honest about that. >> when you look at people of color and low-income communities are near these sources of pollution but you look at how consumers fare, oil prices will get more and more expensive even as exxonmobil predicts we're going net exporter of crude oil by 2025, it won't lower the price for working families. the longer that we stay tied to fossil fuels the more enslaved we are to fossil fuel, higher prices and instability that comes with fossil fuel. >> but there's arguments that the kind of ration enamel arguments you noted before as the way we were leading on this issue for 30 years and you are saying it's more about power than arguments. it's more about how many people you can deliver on the mall, how many calls you can get into a senator's office. >> we won the scientific argument 20 years ago. i wrote the first book about all this in 1989, okay. but we also have to match the incredible financial power and that's what m
because these coal fired power plants many of them in the cities, like the once shut down in chicago are killing kids every day and we just need to be w honest about that. >> when you look at people of color and low-income communities are near these sources of pollution but you look at how consumers fare, oil prices will get more and more expensive even as exxonmobil predicts we're going net exporter of crude oil by 2025, it won't lower the price for working families. the longer that we...
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>> the city of calera, in 2008, submitted by the city of calera that sought to eliminate the sole african-american district by reducing the black population from 70% to 29%. >> right. >> though the department of justice rejected it as discriminatory, his redistricting plan, the city of calera never held an election which the sole city councilman who is also a party in this case lost his seat. this is after the d.o.j. rejects the plan. thankfully, under section five, the department of justice required the city to redraw the ballots in a nondiscriminatory way and hold another election in which we saw the african-americans, because of the votes of the african-americans in that district in calera regain his seat. and this practice is exactly what voters in alabama saw when the voting rights act was passed in 1965. >> an iconic example of this is kilmichael, mississippi. the consensus, the town has a population of 830 of whom 52.4% are black. currently the mayor and all five board members are white. on may 15th, 2001, with no notice to the community, the board unanimously voted to cancel the general el
>> the city of calera, in 2008, submitted by the city of calera that sought to eliminate the sole african-american district by reducing the black population from 70% to 29%. >> right. >> though the department of justice rejected it as discriminatory, his redistricting plan, the city of calera never held an election which the sole city councilman who is also a party in this case lost his seat. this is after the d.o.j. rejects the plan. thankfully, under section five, the...
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guys, my hat's off to the city of boston, all right? hands down, this thing was coming in two inches an hour last night. they have not stopped. we talked about sidewalks cleared. roads are cleared through here. the good news is, everybody's heeding the advice and staying off the roads. now, we're seeing connecticut, we're seeing rhode island basically close all roadways there because now they have to get back in there and clean the mess up. the good choice was governor patrick here, he closed them before the storm. back to you. >> weather channel meteorologist jim cantore, thanks for that report. >>> right now, i'm here with gloria steinem, and marlo thomas. and melissa harris-perry. and sarita gupta. we're talking about the document, the amazing documentary that will air on pbs called "makers" that you were both involved in making. and also the prattling on about day care. and everything from the labor movement, there's a transcendent sublime energy and dynamism. there's these shots at taking the streets in a big march and the confront
guys, my hat's off to the city of boston, all right? hands down, this thing was coming in two inches an hour last night. they have not stopped. we talked about sidewalks cleared. roads are cleared through here. the good news is, everybody's heeding the advice and staying off the roads. now, we're seeing connecticut, we're seeing rhode island basically close all roadways there because now they have to get back in there and clean the mess up. the good choice was governor patrick here, he closed...
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i want to thank william black of the university of missouri kansas city, steve ellis, taxpayers for common sense and phyllis bennis. how real is the threat of cyber war? that's next. what do we do when something that's hard to paint, really wants to be painted? we break out new behr ultra with stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. so it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. what do you say we go where no paint has gone before, and end up some place beautiful. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. behr ultra. now with advanced stain blocking, only at the home depot, and only $31.98 a gallon. with command strips from 3m. designed to stick and eliminate odors anywhere. like this overflowing trashcan. to test it, we brought in the scott family. so what do you smell? beach house and you're looking out over the ocean. some place like, uh, hawaii in like a flower field. take your blindfolds off. aw man! [ screams ] [ laughs ] that smells good. i wouldn't even just put it
i want to thank william black of the university of missouri kansas city, steve ellis, taxpayers for common sense and phyllis bennis. how real is the threat of cyber war? that's next. what do we do when something that's hard to paint, really wants to be painted? we break out new behr ultra with stain-blocker from the home depot... ...the best selling paint and primer in one that now eliminates stains. so it paints over stained surfaces, scuffed surfaces, just about any surface. what do you say...
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some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that's why i recommend polident. [ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it relieved their headache fast. visit fastreliefchallenge.com today for a special trial offer.
some of the world's cleanest gas turbines are now powering some of america's biggest cities. siemens. answers. they're about 10 times softer and may have surface pores where bacteria can multiply. polident kills 99.99% of odor causing bacteria and helps dissolve stains. that's why i recommend polident. [ male announcer ] cleaner, fresher, brighter every day. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey, 95% of people who tried it agreed that it...